Legal Opinion
Terrell Ex Rel. Estate of Terrell v. Sisk
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided July 16, 2003No. 06-02-00174-CVPublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Justice ROSS.
Odell Terrell, on behalf of the estates of J.R. Terrell, Jr., and Virginia Terrell, David Elkins, and Jimmy Wayne Terrell (the Terrell family) 1 appeal from an order granting a plea to the jurisdiction filed by Rains County and Robert M. Sisk, the county judge of Rains County, and dismissing the Terrell family’s lawsuit. We affirm.
The lawsuit stemmed from an automobile accident resulting in serious personal injuries to, and ultimately the deaths of, J.R. Terrell, Jr., and his wife, Virginia. The accident was caused by June Goble, Judge Sisk’s secretary, while on…
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